Archive for June 4th, 2007

Middle East Online - 03/06 - Half of Americans believe in creationism and not evolution, and two-thirds contend that creationism should be taught side by side with evolution in a science class, says Ben Tanosborn…. /… For a person who a very long time ago visited the cave of Altamira in Northern Spain; one who stood in awe and reverence at this pre-historic Sistine Chapel with 15,000-year-old paintings by humans without biblical credentials;…

CNN - 04/06 - Eight presidential candidates fought to make their points during a two-hour debate in New Hampshire Sunday. Former Sen. John Edwards blasted Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama over their handling of a recent war spending bill. Clinton answered the charge and added, “The differences between us are minor. The differences between us and the Republicans are major.”

AlterNet - 02/06 - By hyping the so-called first massive cyberstrike by a superpower on a tiny, defenseless neighbor, the Western media have played into a sleazy Estonian PR stunt, designed to deflect the world’s attention from the country’s mistreatment of its Russian-speaking minority.

FT - 04/06 - Nicholas Ferguson, one of the most prominent figures in Europe’s private equity industry, has broken the sector’s taboo on tax by criticising the fact that top buy-out executives “pay less tax than a cleaning lady.”

EUobserver - 04/06 - All Europeans may in the future have to obtain online visas if they want to travel to the United States, with Brussels waiting to see the final outcome of US legislation before deciding if it will take reciprocal measures.

The Independent - 04/06 - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned in an interview that US plans to build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe would force Moscow to target its weapons at sites in Europe.

NM - 04/06 - The American neocons said that Al Qaeda, a Sunni terrorist group, was responsible for the 9/11 crime and that they wanted to destroy them. They said that the only solution against islamic terrorism was democracy. The entire world gathered behind them and sent troops to Afghanistan.